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Curated OER

Fact Monster: Famous Presidential Speeches

For Students 3rd - 8th
Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and others have their famous presidential speeches captured in this database.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
Primary
New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Presidential Statement on n.i.r.a.

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt after he signed the bill known as the National Industrial Recovery Act. Discusses purposes and intended impact of the legislation.
Primary
New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Extemporaneous Address on Aaa to Farm Groups 14 May 1935

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of remarks made by FDR on the effects of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and of other government programs to aid farmers.
Primary
The History Place

The History Place: For a Declaration of War Against Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor resulting in a declaration of war.
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: A Tea Party That Changed History

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay discussing how Frances Perkins was involved in passage of the Social Security Act. Also contains a link to a speech given by Perkins to SSA employees.
Primary
Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Address on Constitution Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 17, 1937, honoring the Constitution and applying the tenets of the Constitution to contemporary issues in the 1930s.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Herblock's Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
Historically significant collection of political cartoons featuring U.S. Presidents from Library of Congress online teacher-student resources.
Activity
A&E Television

History.com: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at World War II including video clips and audio clips of important speeches by the world leaders of the time.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Economic Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Economic Bill of Rights" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "On Drought Conditions"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from "On Drought Conditions"" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: "I Do Solemnly Swear"

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of historically pertinent items dealing with the inauguration of a number of US Presidents.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: War Breaks Out

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief look at the expansionist moves of Japan in China, including a description of the Rape of Nanking. Also read about the military expansionism in Europe and Africa by both Germany and Italy, finally resulting in a declaration of war...
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A&E Television

History.com: This Is How Fdr Tried to Pack the Supreme Court

For Students 9th - 10th
When his New Deal legislation kept getting struck down, FDR proposed a law targeting justices over the age of 70.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Table of Contents

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.org provides a page of links (all on the same server) to various speeches and documents given and written by Franklin D. Roosevelt which is related to foreign policy.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: History Explorer: Nbc "Fireside Chat" Microphone

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the first of FDR's "Fireside Chats" that he delivered over the radio with an image of the microphone used.
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight David Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969 CE) was the allied commander of all European forces. AmericanPresident.org takes the reader through the exploration of President Eisenhower's distinguished career. Use this site to learn about the life of...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Fireside Chats

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides detailed facts and interesting information about FDR's Fireside Chats, radio broadcasts made to reassure the nation and convey important information during the Great Depression and WW2.
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Curated OER

The History Place World War Ii in Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.